61.   Negotiations have been suspended indefinitely in an effort by mediators to find issues that are different from the ones on which both sides seem inflexible.

62.   Negotiations were suspended in February, after a series of suicide bombings by Islamic militants in Israel.

63.   On Wednesday, Estrada suspended peace negotiations with Communist rebels indefinitely after they abducted an army general, a junior officer and a police official.

64.   On Friday, EU agriculture ministers suspended marathon negotiations to reform the costly subsidy program until next week in the hope of narrowing differences.

65.   Originally scheduled for last month, the negotiations were suspended because of a dispute over the venue.

66.   On Friday, EU agriculture ministers suspended marathon negotiations in Brussels to reform the costly subsidy program until next week in the hope of narrowing differences.

67.   On Wednesday, Netanyahu told the Israeli parliament he was certain Israel and Syria would reach a peace agreement soon, although negotiations have been suspended since last March.

68.   Palestine Liberation Organization chief Yasser Arafat is under heavy pressure to suspend negotiations.

69.   On Thursday, Ronald S. Milstein, general counsel for Lorillard, said the negotiations were suspended because of differences over major but unspecified issues.

70.   Prime Minister Ehud Barak had suspended the negotiations late Tuesday in response to the killing of two Israelis by Palestinian gunmen in the West Bank.